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Discussion Topic  Tonality (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Listening (involuntarily) to Japanese anime theme music, the thought occurs: What is the interplay ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Encomium (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
The Greek root "comos" means "revel." So if an en-comos is what we offer at a revel, it has the fee......
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Discussion Topic  Hybrid words (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
No ancient Greek or Roman would have used a word like "carbohydrate," even if they wanted to lose we......
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Discussion Topic  RE: An aptronym? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
I find an interesting etymology, more jocular than learned: ......
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Discussion Topic  Viral Language (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Has Wordcraft ever had a discussion of "viral language?" By that I mean the differences among (i) a......
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Discussion Topic  Diacritical Marks (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Interesting notes this week on printers' marks. Anyone know the name for the small circle above a v......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A question that has me stumped (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
We forget how hard life was for our ancestors, how the plague inspired "ring around the roses" It's ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A question that has me stumped (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Guess I'm just lucky with food... ......
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Discussion Topic  RE: A question that has me stumped (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
The flock-passing-smoke / transience is most likely, but I instinctively went to smoked-goose......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Reiquepublicae vs Republica (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
In Republica Massachusettensi Senatus et Curatores Omnibus Ad Quo Hae Litterae Pervenerint Salutem i......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Reiquepublicae vs Republica (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Daughter just graduated BU Law. Near the top the diploma refers to "Republica" of Massachusetts. ......
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Discussion Topic  Reiquepublicae vs Republica (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Diploma for a new graduate refers to the state as "Republica" but the US as "reiquepublicae" Distin......
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Discussion Topic  Clumsy fix or clever improvisation? (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Great technical discussion at ArsTechnica on switches and routers, which called Cisco's IOS a "kluge......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Interesting cognate. There is a German sense to sonder, meaning "special" (perhaps "apart?") in dis......
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Discussion Topic  Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
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Discussion Topic  Any good sources (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
...for foreign etymologies? Greek in particular? Σαραβαλο ("saravalo") means “wreck.” But I wonder......
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Discussion Topic  RE: Nope (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Heh. Ok, but really no need to go off-shore......
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Discussion Topic  Nope (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Is "no" shorter than "nope?" Yep. Do people therefore prefer the shorter form? Nope. ......
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Discussion Topic  Acolouthic (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Saw this. Is it meaningful?...
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Discussion Topic  RE: Literally (in Questions & Answers about Words) by Robert Arvanitis
Never let vanity get in the way of a good line......
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